Melinda Deslatte: Jindal at odds with education leader

10:29 PM,
Apr. 20, 2014

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Melinda Deslatte

Superintendent of Education John White got his job with the backing of Gov. Bobby Jindal, but two years later, the men are increasingly at odds and appear to be drifting further apart on education policy.

The rift centers on Louisiana's shift to Common Core standards, and it comes largely because Jindal did an about-face, moving from strident supporter to critic of the reading, writing and math benchmarks adopted by most states.

But the fissure, which has developed in the most recent legislative session, is a striking contrast to 2012 when White served as a sort of Jindal proxy before the ...